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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-15

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-15 page 1

WEATHER Fair Monday and Tuesday; warmer Tuesday. Classified Ads Enable the average shrewd American to increase his yearly income. Valuable Business Acquaintances have been made through Ohio State Journal Want Ads. r ' ki -rl VINETY-NINTH YEAR. SOUS IS nitiE About Everything V dily Portable is Sent Ho To the Legisla i. OUT THIS WEEK Huge Stock of Supplies, Which Must Be Renewed Next Session, Taken by Members. "I Got Mine" will be the popular legislative song within a week. Theser-reants-at-arma of both houses are 4Sffipplng the members' big boxes of legislative loot. They will go by ex-press.'and the folks who pay the taxes pay the freight. The senators will get theirs first. The sergeant-at-arms has packed up . for them already. The boxes will be sent tomorrow. Each senator will get two boxes; some ot them will get three. ';',' ' In the house the packing will begin today. . Inability to secure boxes has delayed the work there. The representatives doubtless will be as well, cared for as the senators. And the funny part of It all Is that there Is not being sent any member anything he brought along with him when , the senate began, save perhaps a few bills which he thought better of and didn't introduce. Roster of the Loot. 1 - The loot consists of pencils, pens, penholders, pads of blank paper, inkwells, rulers, pins, brass clips, stationery printed for session use, nickeled letter openers, erasers, rubber bands, soap, shears, letter files, bill boxes, scrapbooks, pencil sharpeners, and In each case a set of the revised statutes, Bates' edition. , Probably the list Isn't quite complete, but it Is sufficient to show the variety of things the state pays for each session and will pay for again next year to restock the desks that have been depleted by this shipment. It doesn't seem to have occurred to JW members that this Is merely an i&xAaordinary session; that they will be back again in a year, and that these BUpplies would have been sufficient in most instances to have met all demands next session. ' Several thousand dollars have been spent by each house for. filling up the members' desks this time. It will cost a pretty penny to pay the express bills for delivering this loot to the members tjt their- respective' homes.'-. , ,.T Two Seta of Statute. .., In. both houses the members of the Judiciary committees were supplied with two sets of the revised statutes, a tim-honored custom. One set is kept in the members' desks in the legislative chambers, the other in the little lockers provided In the committee rooms. And In every case the frugal member Is having both sets shipped home. Nothing Is being turned back into the minnlv room. "They'll probably leave the echo in the dome," remarked an assistant sergeant -at-arms yesterday. Some of the senators, with an abnormally developed spirit df frugality, col lected big lots of state reports and - filled their desks with them. These go nlone. too. One in particular had five copies of ' the printed senate journal of isus. few fjihem failed to have at least one Mil the bills for these sundry articles ha"ve been paid out of the senate and house contingent funds, 'me Dins lor the freight will be paid likewise, and the next session will give them Its "O.K." , TAKES A RADICAL STEP Cornell University Plans to Es-' tablish Graduate School. tBy Associated Press to State Journal. ITHACA, N. Y., March 14. A grad uate school will be established at Cor nell at the beginning of the academic vear next fall The Cornell university faculty decided upon this step, the most radical advanced in some time, at a meeting held here yesterday. It Is expected the trustees will ratify the action. The eolleire always has had a grad uated department, but the growth of the university has made it imperative that It be changed to a regular grad uate school. Under the proposed plan, the faculty Will be segregated entirely from the university faculty. The new faculty will be composed of professors and assistant professors who are now Instructing in graduate work, with Dean T. F. Crane at their head. Governor in Narrow Escape. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 14. Gov-,nor and Mrs. Wlllson and ' their 'lests, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lyman of New York, very narrowly escaped death when the horses attached to Governor "Willson's carriage '. ran away late this afternoon. As the result of the accident, Mrs, Wlllson was rendered unconscious, two of her front teeth were broken and her left wrist fractured.' Governor Willson was bruised on many parts of his body. Mr. Lyman's face was cut and contused. Mrs. Lyman was the. only member of the party not injured. New Aeroplane Christened. NEW YORK, March 4. What ; is said, to have been the first christening of an aeroplane In the history of the world, took place today at Morris park . under the auspices of the Aeronautical (SThetv. Practically all the ceremonies . -wfilch attend the launching of a ship were performed including the breaking of a bottle of champagne on one of .the steel bars of the machine. The sponsor named the new craft a biplane, constructed by. William R. Kimball, "New York liJo. l." : - Women Chosen to Council.-COPENHAGEN, . March 14. Out of it members of the municipal council of Copenhagen elected today, seven are women. Seven per cent of the candidates elected Ih the provinces are women. : No. 74. SAYS HE IS . MISQUOTED Dr. Eliot Declares He Does Not Deprecate Irish-Americans. f By Associated Press to State Journal. 1 CAMBRIDGE; Mass., March 14. In a telegram received today at Harvard university from President Charles W. Eliot, who la now In Atlanta, Ga., he says that recent remarks made by him have been "Interpreted as showing a lack of appreciation of the civic and moral virtues of citizens Sprung from Irish and other foreign stock." President Eliot disclaims any suan Intention and adds: ' "Nnhndv familiar with the noli Ural history of Boston could fall to havel"" AKEN TO JAIL fluences which Americans of Irish descent have had In our political development. The progress of Irish voters toward toleration of all religions and toward honest and efficient government in towns and cities has been more remarkable and much more rapid during the last 20 years than that of men of English blood who were earner comers." 50 LBS Freiner Tells of Trip Through City With Explosive, Accompanied by Hanna. NcKlntent to Blow Up Anything, He Says, and No Threat Against Capitol. Something like 150 persons stood a very good chance of being blown to Kingdom Come, Thursday morning, when Albert Freiner transported 60 pounds of dynamite from a point in North Columbus as far south as the Chittenden hotel, transferring to a Linden car and then to a Westerville car. The dynamite was carried in two large suit cases. As Freiner told the story yesterday afternoon at police station, he had, after some difficulty, secured employ ment as a stump eradlcator for Cliff Hanna, who lives on the Mock road near Linden. An attempt was made to secure the necessary explosive of Smith Brothers, but they refused to sell -that quantity of explosive to a person they did not know. After much search the two succeeded In .finding a iflrm tsw : Olentansy- park' .tbttt -Jet them, have the. required amounU-: Might Have Made a Hole. This was divided into two parcels and the Journey south begun. Freiner says Hanna assumed the responsibility for attempting transportation In that fashion. While any slight Jar, incident to moving so large a quantity of the explosive in that fashion, would not be sufficient to cause it to explode, a collision or the car leaving the track would have had such an effect, the probable results being that nothing but a few splinters and a hole in the ground would have remained to show where the car had been. Interest in this peculiar transaction Is very general among those having the Freiner case in charge. Both City Solicitor Marshall and Police Prosecutor Scarlett said they were quite sure a city ordinance had been fractured, but Just which one and how much they did not know. The state inspector of worshops says that department' is concerned only in the storing of explosives. The laws of transportation provide, however, that all high explosives must be plainly labeled while In transit. Whether this transfer will constitute "transit" in the meaning of the law is a disputed question. In the oil regions where a great deal of high explosive is regularly moved, it is .required that all wagons and buggies In such service carry a conspicuous red flag. No Threats to Blow Anything. Freiner says he made several attempts to blow out stumps for Hanna, but the ground was swampy, the usual charges failed to move the stumps and Hanna was afraid to have him use larger charges. Freiner came to the city Friday morning and says he had visited two other saloons before going to the one where he was arrested. He had taken several drinks, but had eaten nothing. He thinks he has an accurate recollection of what went on in Clark's place and says he made no threat to blow up anything; He says the threatening letters re ceived by the legislators was under discussion and one of the men at the bar asked how it would be possible io mow up tne statenouse. "Why, with' this," he said, displaying about three inches of a stick of dynamite. In answer to further questions of men standing about he explained the working of caps and fuses. Freiner has used dynamite on a number of occasions. He admits that he drinks to excess upon occasions. This was the cause of his being sent to the State hospital about a year ago. CANNOT FLOAT LOGAN Tugs Make Vain Effort to Move fe v JUUlL lu iviuvc Army Transport. IBy Aasoclated Prasa to 8t0e Journal. HONOLULU, March 14. Three tugs Joined today In a vain attempt to refloat the United States army transport Logan, which went ashore last night in this harbor while maneuvering to back into her slip. The big troop ship lies 25 feet of her bow resting on a reef on the south side of the narrow harbor. Just opposite the slip. She Is listed to starboard, but is not leaking and is In no danger, as the position In which she lies is well protected, even In time of storm. The lighthouse tender Kukui is laying the anchors out astern, and at high tide tonight another effort to drag her into deep water will be made. . The Logan's winch engines and the tugs will combine to pull her oft the reef.,. The commander of the British cruiser Cambrian, now here, has offered the services of his vessel, but it is believed that the Logan's engines and, the tugs will be able to get the hlg -ship afloat. Should the effort- to float the ship prove unavailing, the ship will be lightered of iter carg.1 tomorrow nnd an attempt will be made to float her. DYNAMITE CARRIED 5 JI DELIVERT HIPPED IN DUO Dias, One of Trio of Highway- men, Had Cell Window Bar Partly Sawed. This Prevents Fruition of Plan to Escape May Be Wanted in Indiana. It developed yesterday that a well planned Jail delivery, which would have meunt the freedom of William Dtas of Cleveland, bound over to the grand Jury with Mike Webber and William Hartford, confessed highway men, on two charges of robbery, and Albert Freiner, the much talked of dynamite man, now confined to the city prison, was frustrated Saturday after noon when Dias was removed to the county Jail from the city prison. He was returned to the city prison yes terday for further identification. After the alleged thug was bound over to the grand Jury and removed to the county Jail to await indictment It was found Dy attaches of the prison that bars from the corridor of cell room "B" to a court leading to the river bank had been sawed. Turnkey Uutches and Lngineer Lewis were in formed later In the afternoon that Dias was- seen to throw a saw into a sewer pipe in his cell. The saw was recov ered, as was a blackjack, which is said to have been passed to the desperate prisoner since his arrest Friday morn ing. The police are at a loss regarding the identity of the person or persons who passed the saw and weapon to Dias. or how It got there. Men Were Separated. Dias was placed in cellroom "B" on his arrest, and Mike Webber and Hart ford, also Indicted with Dias for the robbery of Robert E. Wood and D. W Hartness of West Second avenue, were placed in other cells, so that the pris oners would not be able to communl cate. Nut long before Dias was arrested Albert Freiner was arrested for an al leged threat to blow up the statehouse with a piece of dynamite found In his possession, and was placed in the same cellroom corridor.' This 'portion of the city priHon is used in holding .(mportan prisoners'. ''"-" '' ".'" '--"' Some time -Satirday niornin-g a- fine saw and a blackjack were passed to Duis either with a lunch that was sent him or from the outside but Just how, tne ponce say, is not known. Saturday noon Engineer Lewis had occasion to call Dias to the main cor ridor several times that he might be viewed by persons held up recently and each time Dias appeared angry for be Ing disturbed. It Is thought that he began sawing on the bars which sen arated him from freedom shortly be fore noon and had nearly sawed through one bar when he was called prior to his removal to the county Jail, Saw Thrown Away. "I guess they'll search me over there and I won't get to use this," he is said to have remarked as he was leaving. and with these words he threw the small saw into a sewer pipe under his cell bunk. This operation was witnessed by a trusty. Freiner did not give any information to prison attaches regarding Dias' efforts to break Jail. The police think the two planned to try for freedom together, and Dias was to allow Freiner to escape with him, provided he did not make known his (Dias) actions. While the police are Investigating, little hope is entertained regarding the capture of the persons who aided the prisoner In the attempted delivery. There is no clew which might result in their immediate apprehension. May Be Wanted in Indiana. The police also are endeavoring to learn whether Dias, Webber and Hartford are three of four young men wanted in Indianapolis on charges Qf murder and robbery. tFour men, three of whom are said to closely answer the descriptions of the three prisoners, murdered and robbed a man in Indianapolis on March 9. It is known that there was another person In the party now held and it is thought that the three highwaymen are Implicated in that crime. BELIEVES STRIKE COMING Secretary of Anthracite Miners Sees Difficulty Ahead. By Associated Press to Stat Jourrnl PHILADELPHIA, March , 14. Secretary Hartlein of district No. 9, United Mine workers, declared tonight that he believed there would be a strike of the anthracite miners. He said: "In- my opinion, a strike Is sure to come. At the conference between the representatives of the miners and operators, the former maintained an attitude which, In my opinion, will cause a strike to be called. "Heretofore the operators have always made concessions which have Tllllcated thA men hut a. !neellns elre was'no bending. Every issue which we presented was re jected by the operators. These Issues have long been considered by the miners and they say now that their demands are not unreasonable: that they are asking only that to which they are rightfully entitled. "The rejection of the demands will aneer the members of the nninn , .i I am of the opinion that the result of me coiiveiiiuiii iu ue neia in Bcrariton on March 23 will be that the committee will be instructed to again con. fer with the mine operators and to again present to them the very same demands which they have inar re jected. Then, unless these demands are gr.iniea, wniun l ao not think possible li view of the present attitude ot - me operator, i am convinced a siriKe win oe cuneu. Bishop Hoss Improving, BALTIMORE, March 14. His physicians tonight announce that the condition of Bishop E. E. Hoss of the M. E. church. South, who is a patient at the Johns Hopkins hospital, is better than It has been for several days and that he is resting much more com fortably. The complication that ap peared recently is beginning to sub. side and his more rauid convalesce is now looked for. COLUMBUS, OHIO. MONDAY UNSIGHTLY ALLEY CONDITIONS ON THE These pictures were taken at the instance of the North Side chamber of commerce, which has inaugurated a general "clean-up" movement. The chamber of commerce hopes not only to make all sections of the North Side attractive, but also to set an example for the remainder of the city. EAST LIVERPOOL LID NOT WITHOUT ft LEAK Street Cars and Other Business Goes, and Seventh Day Religionists Sell Newspapers.; SpWfS.1 Tsleffram to Buitu Joutto.1. EAST LIVERPOOL; March 14. There was a leak in the lid that Mayor Samuel W. Crawford tried to put over the city today, and his efforts were anything but a success. True, names of crews of street cars and telephone operators were taken by the police and tomorrow Chief of Police John W. Wyman will file charges against the above, so he said tonight, for "working on Sunday." Wyman could not get Into the Bell telephone exchange. Drug stores were open, Sunday newspapers were sold by Seventh Day Adventists and those of Hebrew faith. Many arrests are expected tomorrow. Street railway officials threatened to sue the mayor, policemen and their bondsmen If service was Interrupted. It was not. Rev. Mr. McMillan in a sermon to day said there was no occasion for such a state of affairs. Although Secretary Otto Largent's name was signed to a statement from the Ministerial association, he declares it was there without his knowledge. HARVARD TEAM CHOSEN Will Meet Yale and Princeton in Triangular Debate. By Associated Press to State Journal. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11. The selection of the two teams of three men each, which will represent Har vard in the triangular debate against Yale at Princeton on March 26, was announced tonight. The trio which will go to Princeton is composed of I. K. Lewis, Rocklands, Wis.; D. Haar, New York, and H. Von Kaltenborn, Madison, Wis. The team which will oppose Yale at Cambridge Is H. L. Loomls. Enterprise, O.; T. M. Gregory, Bordentown. N. J., and L. J. Whiteside, Evanston, 111. The subject for debate Is. "Resolved, That all corporations en gaged in Interstate commerce should be compelled to take out a federal charter." The afflrmatlce side of the question will be taken by the home team in each case. Paralytic Cured by Prayer. ZANESVILLE, March 14. Mrs. B. Rector of near Rocky Fork, Licking county, has just been cured of paraly sis of the lower limbs in a remarkable manner. For two years she has been an invalid and her husband has spent much money in an attempt to have her cured. Last Friuay ev. Mr. .uoyer, nn Bvaneeiiat. and wife of Springfield came to the home and the three of them prayed that Mrs. Kecior oecurea. That evening Mrs. Rector was able to walk across the room and yesterday walked several hundred yards about the farm. Prominent Veteran Dies. CHICAGO, March 14. Major John W. Burst, a civil war veteran .and prominent in Btate politics for many years, died at his home here today after aMlngerlng illness. He was born in Delaware county, N. Y., In 1843. Wrights Buy New Aeroplanes. LONDON, March 14. The Wright brothers have placed an order with a London firm for the Immediate construction of six aeroplanes. Tc Contest Baldwin Will. LOS' ANGELES, March 14. Former Governor Henry t. Gage is quoted as admitting today that he and W, B'oley bad been retained by the widow of the late E. J. Baldwin to contest Mr. Bald- I h;;'r'. -x'7 i;rii Ther9 are pictured I t ' jf ' " ' t t t " herewith a scene in the I fV.T-iU; v''ir4!. 1 V i rear of 741-747 North'' fil tUiPr&& St'll High street and an. Hey KFJ Kf wH t'tf v"?.'K5i off Goodale street. I ill win's will. MORNING, MARCH 15, 1909. i ' , " .. .. . .. Vi t 1 . , . , ' , . ' ft ' 1 ; . ' . : - . -t4 I -rr Mia ii . -; u., ;;k WORSHIPER DIES IN PEW Minister Tells Hearers No One Knows Hour of Death. IBy Associated Press to Stat jourroa-M YOUNGSTOWN, March 14. "No one of you can tell at what hour death will come," said the paRtor of the Presbyterian church at Poland, near here, this morning, in opening his sermon..Hardly had he spoken the words 4'nen M-!'8. Matilda Williams fell from tier (seat dead."' " ' .' - . - Death is said to have been caused by iieart tre-uble. The morning service was brought to a close by a prayer by the. pastor before Mrs. Williams' body was removed and then the church was closed for the day. COUES TO men TO i OF IRISH PUTS Mrs. T. P. O'Connor May Establish New York Depot for Irish Industries Society. fPy Associated Press toState Journal. NEW YORK, March 14. Mr3. T. P. O'Connor, wife, of the Irish parliamentary leader, who arrived from London today on the steamer Minnetonka, said her visit here was In the hope of establishing a depot for the Irish Industries society, an organization that has been in existence on the other side for some years. "The object is to secure work for Irish peasants." said Mrs. O'Connor. "There are many Irish Industries which are of such value that they should be developed to a much greater extent than now prevails. There are thousands of peasants In Ireland capable of doing beautiful work in lace-maklng and allied Industries, who lack employment because there are not proper facilities for bringing their work before the world and distributing It. "On the other sldo, the association has Just had a sale in the Duke of Devonshlres house. There are many prominent people there Interested in the work, among them Lord and Lady Aberdeen. "There has been talk of establishing a depot in New York, for the last 10 years. It still remains to be seen, of course, whether such an establishment would be practical and It is my Intention to look into the matter whtlj I am here." ALABAMA RIVER RISING Woman and Child Drown and Much Damage Occurs. . By Associated Press to Sta.ce Joumofl. MONTGOMERY, Ala.,' March 14. The Alabama river Is still rising tonight, but no further damage was done in Montgomery today. At 7 o'clock tonight the stage at Montgomery was 51 feet and rising at the rate of three-tenths of an inch an hour. Stages of 51.6 feet in the Coosa at Rome and 29 feet at Gadsden are reported by the government bureau. Fifty-seven feet at Selma Is predicted for tomorrow. The lowlands of middle Alabama are submerged for many miles and much live stock Is believed to have been drowned. . The Talapoosa, which empties into the Alabama nine miles north of Montgomery, is a raging torrent. The back waters have submerged the negro section and are encroaching on the manufacturing district here. In Selma the filant of the Standard Oil company has been abandoned, and If the predictions are verinad, the water will be pouring into the power plant of ine tielma Light company before night fall tomorrow. In Gadson the big lumber plant of the Kyle Lumber company U .sub merged. The home of a negro family near Selma was swept away Saturday; : night and the husband, his wife and one child were drowned. OHIO STATE LIBRARY, 1909 COLUMBUSr NORTH SWB srV. -i' A GENERAL WERE STRIKE Electricians Desire State Serv ants to Make Common Cause With Labor Leaders. fRy Associated Prone to State Joufrttn!. PARIS, -March 14 Paris is now threatened with a general strike of the telegraph and telephone operators employed in the bureaus of the postofflce. As a result of the energetic measures of the authorities In suppressing the strike of the telegraph operators, which isolated Paris for four hours yesterday, 40 of the ringleaders, including 10 railway mail clerks, who refused to board their trains, have been suspended, pending their dismissal from the service. Eight of those who took' part in tho riot In the central telegraphic bureau of the postoftfee on Friday night are under arrest. The president of the General Association of Postal Telegraph Employes, M. Subra, is among those under suspension. Throughout today the associations of the various branches of the service held secret meetings. The preliminary meeting of the general association will be held tomorrow, when final action will be taken. The feeling seems to be against amicable settlement of the trouble. Many of the employes have voted for a strike, while the railway mail clerks have voted to hold solidly together In whatever action is decided upon. The regular labor leaders, like Secretary -Pataud of the Electrical union. are doing their utmost to bring about a striKe. rney are ottering to co-oper ate with the postal employes In the hope of accomplishing the object for which they nave long labored, that Is, to induce the state servants to make common cause with the labor organizations.The government considers the entire movement revolutionary. M. Slmyan, under secretary of posts and telegraphs, has issued orders to the subchiefs to suspend every employe guilty of in subordination, and the military oper ators are in readiness at Versailles to take the place of the strikers. Although the government appears confident that it will be able to ensure public service, there Is apprehension that if a strike is declared it will spread quickly tp the provinces ana that tne whole telegraph and mall service will be para lyzed. GOVERNOR MORRELL DIES Was Prominent as Official, Banker and Financier. - tBy Associated Press to State Journal. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 14. Edmund N. Morrell, former governor of Kansas.. his term of office extending over a Quarter of a century, prominent in Republican circles, banker and financier, died today at the Santa Rosa hospital. - Mr. Morrell came to San Antonio for his health about two months ago, suffering from heart trouble. Ten days ago his condition became so much worse that he was taken to the hospital under the advice of his physicians. Governor Morrell was 75 years of age. Mrs. McKinley's Sister Donor. CANTON, March 14. Aultman hospital, through the generosity of Mrs. M. C. Barber, a Bister of Mrs. 'William McKinley, is to receive a donation placed at $7000 to be used for building a new operating room. The hospital trustees have always desired such an Improvement. New Line for Dayton. DAYTON, March 14. Contracts will be let this week by the' Dayton, Leb' anon and Cincinnati Railway company for. the construction of the .line Into this city, all franchise rights having ' puuu secured. HAQbURE JUDGE WRIGHT Labor Leaders Declare Him Unfit to Handle Gompers Case. IBy Associated Prsa to State Journal.) BOSTON, March 14. As a demonstration against the sentences of imprisonment imposed upon Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, by Judge Wright in the superior court of the District of Columbia, more than 6000 members of labor unions paraded through the streets of this city today. Afterwards a large meeting was held in Faneuii hall and several overflow meetings in the surrounding streets attracted large crowds. The Faneull hall audience heard Judge Wright attacked sharply for his decision In the case, and a resolution was drawn up In which it was stated that the courts wore biased and the laws directed at one class only. Judge Wright was accused of using "intemperate and bitter language to representatives of organized labor," and it was said that "he was not a fit person to handle the case." Copies of the resolution were sent to President Taft, Vice President Sherman and Speaker Cannon. ITALIAN POLICE New York Officers Receive No Word Regarding Murder of Petrosino. Four Italian Suspects Arrested, Accused of Being Murder Plot in By Associated Preea to Stat Journal. 1 NEW YORK, March 14. Though there was an air of quiet activity at police headquarters today, nearly all of the chief officials having been there and In conference, no definite developments regarding the work of tracing the assassins of Lieutenant Ijoseph Petrosino, in Pulermo, Sicily, were announced. There was a feeling of chagrin and even resentment over the fact that not one word regarding the murder of the noted New York detective had come, from the Italian police despite the 'fact that a cable had been sent them asking certain information. Inspector McCafferty, head of the detective service here, made some caustic remarks over the neglect on the part of the Italian police. Said he: "If an Italian detective sent here on a mission by thai government ana working In behalf of the Italian polire had been murdered In New York, we would haye notified the slaiu man's home department at once. So far as the police of Italy are concerned we have not heard a word of Petroslno's death. I cabled Saturday for Information but have received no answer from Palermo. The inspector said that he was particular to know whether Petrosino had been robbed after being shot. He Intimated that Petrosino had some papers valuable to the police here in running down Black Hand and Italian offenders. The neglect of the Palermo police makes it impossible for the police here to know whether Petrosino had these papers In his possession when slain, and whether or not the assassins secured them. The inspector said that Petrosino had letters of Instruction from the department here, ;hich If stolen by the murderers, would reveal to the Italian criminals Just what plans the police of New York have on foot. Wants Petrosino's Papers. "If the police there have any papers that Petrosino may have had," said Inspector McCafferty, "we would like to know it." To the question whether he thought Italian criminals here had requested confederates In Italy to kill Petrosino In that country, Inspector McCafferty replied that he doubted the theory. Petrosino was constantly in perilous positions In New York, the Inspector said, and if the criminals of this country had dared kill him at all they would have done It In this city. Pe troslno, he said, was frequently alone In dark places In New York, In Italian dives and even on his way home late at night, when the criminal class had an opportunity to carry out his murder.Mrs. Petrosino, the young wife of the murdered detective, Is still prostrated at her home here as the result of the tragic death or her husband. For a time, her relatives say, she refused to accept as true the news of Petroslno's death and clung to the hope that It was all a hideous mistake. This hope. It Is stated now, has left her. Four Suspects Held. Lieutenant Antonio Vachrls, chief assistant to Detective Joseph Petrosino. who was killed by assassins In Sicily, arrested four Italians in a little wine shop In one of the squalid Italian quarters of Brooklyn tonight. Vachrls, who was assisted by half a dozen men from the Italian criminal squad, took the men Into custody only after one of their number had fought desperately to escape. The men arrested are Amadlo Pletro, Vlto Andraguo, Vito Velo and Stefano Castronouve. The charge against them on the police blotter Is that they are undesirable residents and suspicious characters, ,but It was intimated that Vachrls has reason to believe the men had knowledge of the plot to kill Petrosino. Castronouve, the man who made a desperate attempt to escape. Is said to have recently come here from Chicago, where he is alleged to have been a leader of the Black Hand groups. Revolvers and stilettos were found on the prisoners. Seven other arrests of Italian suspects were made in the city during the day. HOLD GOVERNMENT BLAMELESS Question of Satisfaction to United States I Raised in Rome. IBy Associated Press to State Journa,!. ROME, March 14. The question has been raised In Rome as to whether the United States Is entitled to special sat. isfaction from the Italian government on account of the murder of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino of the New York police department at Palermo. While the nature of the crime was such as to Bt)r the hearts of all the people tie - .' ., ' Continued on Second Inge. S AID PRICE One et to Greater Colamhu. Xwo cent at all other point. Champ Clark Confident of Victory in Conflict Over Rules of the House. FIGHT ON TODAY Congress at Noon Will Begin Extraordinary Session With, Revision Chief Issue, tBy Associated Press to State Journal. WASHINGTON, March 14. Tomofc row will see one of the most Interest ing fights that has taken place on th floor of the house of representatives In a number of years. If, as1 has been the custom, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsyl vania, moves the previous question on the motion to adopt for the Sixty-first congress the rules of the Sixtieth con SLUES ASSERT THEY ILL W gress, the "Insurgents" and the Demo- .;r.J crats will vote together in an effort to :. .,-, defeat the previous motion. Should ,,H they be successful, they will offer a resolution, providing for the election of :.-... a rules committee of 15 which will be instructed to report to the house on .f, the first Monday In December, a set v.J of rules to be udopted for the Sixty- first congress. Speaker Cannon Is to A appoint the committees on ways and " means, accounts and mileage for the special session. So confident of victory are the , "allies" the "insurgents," and the-Democrats that Champ Clark tonight .v declared he would be elected speaker of the house If the "allies" had another ' week in which to prepare for the fray. This assertion was based largely on. v the fact that various Republicans have- received a large number of telegrams , today from their constituents, urging them to defeat Cannon for speaker. It ' was said by the Democrats that many who had thought It impossible to da-feat Cannon, were encouraged by the "r ... 1 nn..i.il..n- 1 , Vi.'lC ML Ultl Xl-1 U UtiUttll IBULUB night to renew their fight against him. It is reiterated, however, by "Insurgents" and Democrats, that the light will not be made on the speakership. There are indications, however, thut former President Roosevelt will receive a complimentary vote from some of those who are opposed to Cannon for speaker. .. Forces Are Increased. The Democratic leaders tonight cialm they will have at least 165 members present tomorrow to 'Jote down the previous question, Vhlle they claim that tiw "Insurgents" .have 34 members in line for the fisht on the rules. Tlia "insurgents' " leaders declare that their forces have been increased today to a greater extent than on any day slma the movement was begun. Throughout the day Minority Leader Clark arA Representative Underwood of Alabama, for the Democrats, and Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, for the "In surgents," have been exerting every effort to whip their forces into line. Representative Goldfogle of New York, who is suffering from a serious affection of the knee, is determined to be present If his physicians will per- O mit. He will have to be carried to his seat if he attends. , v. Mr. Clark learned tonight that sev- eral Democrats, who, it was feared, ' would not get here, would be on hand. ! ' Representative Clark of Florida, wno is at Muldoon's sanitarium, wired that js Representative Currier of New Hamp- r shire had promised him that he would ," be. paired. Representative Legare of ; ' . South Carolina, who haa been ill for ;-some time, It Is claimed, also is paired with a Republican member. Champ s Clark received a telegram today which ; indicates that the successor of Repre-sentative Davey of Louisiana will be ' here with his certificate In time to be v sworn In tomorrow, thus giving ttm Democrats an additional and unex- peeted vote. $f The "regulars" have been as active today as the "insurgents" and the . Democrats and have been lining up U their forces. They are more reticent about their plans. I. Much Depends on Caucus. Much will depend on the action of " the Democratic caucus tomorrow, when f. an effort will be made to have the Ti caucus bind itself to the resolution which the steering committee of th "Insurgents" and the Democratic leaders have compromised upon. Representative Fitzgerald, New York, recognized as one of the ablest Democratic parliamentarians, Issued a statement tonight in which he opposed the plan to elect a committee of 15 to select the various committees of. the hojJse, and declared that whatever changes are made In the rules should be made before the tariff bill is taken up, as that is the most Important legislation that has been before the house In 13 years. He proposes that the rule recently adopted, providing for a "calendar Wednesday," should be modified so as to require a two-thirds vote Instead of a majority to set aside the business in order for Wednesday. He also suggested a plan by which any member of the house might at certain times have the right to have anv bill not on the private calendar submitted i to the house to ascertain whether It could be considered by unanimous consent. Mr. Fitzgerald will present this proposition to the caucus. Representative Lassiter of Virginia will present a proposition to amend the rules so that a communication addressed to the speaker anj signed by a majority ot the members of the house will be considered a matter of highest privilege. RAP OF THE GAVEL DUE TODAY. Sixty-first Session of Congress Will Open at Noon. By Aoctated Press to Stat Jourtvail.l WASHINGTON, March 14.Both houses of congress will meet in :xtra-ordinary session at noon tomorrow, with Vice President Sherman prgld-. Ing In the senate and for the time Clerk McDowell officiating In the. house. - ; This ' will be the beginning of the Sixty-first congress, and the first act of Importance in the house will bo the organization of that body for business. The senate Is already orgun-iised, so that outside of the mere routine, the business of the first dav will be confined to the presentation of the credentials of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, ., . . Later' ib the week the senate v ' begin the reorganization of its atm - J i "i n i X "a '.3 , 'A t -4 ,1 .4 k

WEATHER Fair Monday and Tuesday; warmer Tuesday. Classified Ads Enable the average shrewd American to increase his yearly income. Valuable Business Acquaintances have been made through Ohio State Journal Want Ads. r ' ki -rl VINETY-NINTH YEAR. SOUS IS nitiE About Everything V dily Portable is Sent Ho To the Legisla i. OUT THIS WEEK Huge Stock of Supplies, Which Must Be Renewed Next Session, Taken by Members. "I Got Mine" will be the popular legislative song within a week. Theser-reants-at-arma of both houses are 4Sffipplng the members' big boxes of legislative loot. They will go by ex-press.'and the folks who pay the taxes pay the freight. The senators will get theirs first. The sergeant-at-arms has packed up . for them already. The boxes will be sent tomorrow. Each senator will get two boxes; some ot them will get three. ';',' ' In the house the packing will begin today. . Inability to secure boxes has delayed the work there. The representatives doubtless will be as well, cared for as the senators. And the funny part of It all Is that there Is not being sent any member anything he brought along with him when , the senate began, save perhaps a few bills which he thought better of and didn't introduce. Roster of the Loot. 1 - The loot consists of pencils, pens, penholders, pads of blank paper, inkwells, rulers, pins, brass clips, stationery printed for session use, nickeled letter openers, erasers, rubber bands, soap, shears, letter files, bill boxes, scrapbooks, pencil sharpeners, and In each case a set of the revised statutes, Bates' edition. , Probably the list Isn't quite complete, but it Is sufficient to show the variety of things the state pays for each session and will pay for again next year to restock the desks that have been depleted by this shipment. It doesn't seem to have occurred to JW members that this Is merely an i&xAaordinary session; that they will be back again in a year, and that these BUpplies would have been sufficient in most instances to have met all demands next session. ' Several thousand dollars have been spent by each house for. filling up the members' desks this time. It will cost a pretty penny to pay the express bills for delivering this loot to the members tjt their- respective' homes.'-. , ,.T Two Seta of Statute. .., In. both houses the members of the Judiciary committees were supplied with two sets of the revised statutes, a tim-honored custom. One set is kept in the members' desks in the legislative chambers, the other in the little lockers provided In the committee rooms. And In every case the frugal member Is having both sets shipped home. Nothing Is being turned back into the minnlv room. "They'll probably leave the echo in the dome," remarked an assistant sergeant -at-arms yesterday. Some of the senators, with an abnormally developed spirit df frugality, col lected big lots of state reports and - filled their desks with them. These go nlone. too. One in particular had five copies of ' the printed senate journal of isus. few fjihem failed to have at least one Mil the bills for these sundry articles ha"ve been paid out of the senate and house contingent funds, 'me Dins lor the freight will be paid likewise, and the next session will give them Its "O.K." , TAKES A RADICAL STEP Cornell University Plans to Es-' tablish Graduate School. tBy Associated Press to State Journal. ITHACA, N. Y., March 14. A grad uate school will be established at Cor nell at the beginning of the academic vear next fall The Cornell university faculty decided upon this step, the most radical advanced in some time, at a meeting held here yesterday. It Is expected the trustees will ratify the action. The eolleire always has had a grad uated department, but the growth of the university has made it imperative that It be changed to a regular grad uate school. Under the proposed plan, the faculty Will be segregated entirely from the university faculty. The new faculty will be composed of professors and assistant professors who are now Instructing in graduate work, with Dean T. F. Crane at their head. Governor in Narrow Escape. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 14. Gov-,nor and Mrs. Wlllson and ' their 'lests, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lyman of New York, very narrowly escaped death when the horses attached to Governor "Willson's carriage '. ran away late this afternoon. As the result of the accident, Mrs, Wlllson was rendered unconscious, two of her front teeth were broken and her left wrist fractured.' Governor Willson was bruised on many parts of his body. Mr. Lyman's face was cut and contused. Mrs. Lyman was the. only member of the party not injured. New Aeroplane Christened. NEW YORK, March 4. What ; is said, to have been the first christening of an aeroplane In the history of the world, took place today at Morris park . under the auspices of the Aeronautical (SThetv. Practically all the ceremonies . -wfilch attend the launching of a ship were performed including the breaking of a bottle of champagne on one of .the steel bars of the machine. The sponsor named the new craft a biplane, constructed by. William R. Kimball, "New York liJo. l." : - Women Chosen to Council.-COPENHAGEN, . March 14. Out of it members of the municipal council of Copenhagen elected today, seven are women. Seven per cent of the candidates elected Ih the provinces are women. : No. 74. SAYS HE IS . MISQUOTED Dr. Eliot Declares He Does Not Deprecate Irish-Americans. f By Associated Press to State Journal. 1 CAMBRIDGE; Mass., March 14. In a telegram received today at Harvard university from President Charles W. Eliot, who la now In Atlanta, Ga., he says that recent remarks made by him have been "Interpreted as showing a lack of appreciation of the civic and moral virtues of citizens Sprung from Irish and other foreign stock." President Eliot disclaims any suan Intention and adds: ' "Nnhndv familiar with the noli Ural history of Boston could fall to havel"" AKEN TO JAIL fluences which Americans of Irish descent have had In our political development. The progress of Irish voters toward toleration of all religions and toward honest and efficient government in towns and cities has been more remarkable and much more rapid during the last 20 years than that of men of English blood who were earner comers." 50 LBS Freiner Tells of Trip Through City With Explosive, Accompanied by Hanna. NcKlntent to Blow Up Anything, He Says, and No Threat Against Capitol. Something like 150 persons stood a very good chance of being blown to Kingdom Come, Thursday morning, when Albert Freiner transported 60 pounds of dynamite from a point in North Columbus as far south as the Chittenden hotel, transferring to a Linden car and then to a Westerville car. The dynamite was carried in two large suit cases. As Freiner told the story yesterday afternoon at police station, he had, after some difficulty, secured employ ment as a stump eradlcator for Cliff Hanna, who lives on the Mock road near Linden. An attempt was made to secure the necessary explosive of Smith Brothers, but they refused to sell -that quantity of explosive to a person they did not know. After much search the two succeeded In .finding a iflrm tsw : Olentansy- park' .tbttt -Jet them, have the. required amounU-: Might Have Made a Hole. This was divided into two parcels and the Journey south begun. Freiner says Hanna assumed the responsibility for attempting transportation In that fashion. While any slight Jar, incident to moving so large a quantity of the explosive in that fashion, would not be sufficient to cause it to explode, a collision or the car leaving the track would have had such an effect, the probable results being that nothing but a few splinters and a hole in the ground would have remained to show where the car had been. Interest in this peculiar transaction Is very general among those having the Freiner case in charge. Both City Solicitor Marshall and Police Prosecutor Scarlett said they were quite sure a city ordinance had been fractured, but Just which one and how much they did not know. The state inspector of worshops says that department' is concerned only in the storing of explosives. The laws of transportation provide, however, that all high explosives must be plainly labeled while In transit. Whether this transfer will constitute "transit" in the meaning of the law is a disputed question. In the oil regions where a great deal of high explosive is regularly moved, it is .required that all wagons and buggies In such service carry a conspicuous red flag. No Threats to Blow Anything. Freiner says he made several attempts to blow out stumps for Hanna, but the ground was swampy, the usual charges failed to move the stumps and Hanna was afraid to have him use larger charges. Freiner came to the city Friday morning and says he had visited two other saloons before going to the one where he was arrested. He had taken several drinks, but had eaten nothing. He thinks he has an accurate recollection of what went on in Clark's place and says he made no threat to blow up anything; He says the threatening letters re ceived by the legislators was under discussion and one of the men at the bar asked how it would be possible io mow up tne statenouse. "Why, with' this," he said, displaying about three inches of a stick of dynamite. In answer to further questions of men standing about he explained the working of caps and fuses. Freiner has used dynamite on a number of occasions. He admits that he drinks to excess upon occasions. This was the cause of his being sent to the State hospital about a year ago. CANNOT FLOAT LOGAN Tugs Make Vain Effort to Move fe v JUUlL lu iviuvc Army Transport. IBy Aasoclated Prasa to 8t0e Journal. HONOLULU, March 14. Three tugs Joined today In a vain attempt to refloat the United States army transport Logan, which went ashore last night in this harbor while maneuvering to back into her slip. The big troop ship lies 25 feet of her bow resting on a reef on the south side of the narrow harbor. Just opposite the slip. She Is listed to starboard, but is not leaking and is In no danger, as the position In which she lies is well protected, even In time of storm. The lighthouse tender Kukui is laying the anchors out astern, and at high tide tonight another effort to drag her into deep water will be made. . The Logan's winch engines and the tugs will combine to pull her oft the reef.,. The commander of the British cruiser Cambrian, now here, has offered the services of his vessel, but it is believed that the Logan's engines and, the tugs will be able to get the hlg -ship afloat. Should the effort- to float the ship prove unavailing, the ship will be lightered of iter carg.1 tomorrow nnd an attempt will be made to float her. DYNAMITE CARRIED 5 JI DELIVERT HIPPED IN DUO Dias, One of Trio of Highway- men, Had Cell Window Bar Partly Sawed. This Prevents Fruition of Plan to Escape May Be Wanted in Indiana. It developed yesterday that a well planned Jail delivery, which would have meunt the freedom of William Dtas of Cleveland, bound over to the grand Jury with Mike Webber and William Hartford, confessed highway men, on two charges of robbery, and Albert Freiner, the much talked of dynamite man, now confined to the city prison, was frustrated Saturday after noon when Dias was removed to the county Jail from the city prison. He was returned to the city prison yes terday for further identification. After the alleged thug was bound over to the grand Jury and removed to the county Jail to await indictment It was found Dy attaches of the prison that bars from the corridor of cell room "B" to a court leading to the river bank had been sawed. Turnkey Uutches and Lngineer Lewis were in formed later In the afternoon that Dias was- seen to throw a saw into a sewer pipe in his cell. The saw was recov ered, as was a blackjack, which is said to have been passed to the desperate prisoner since his arrest Friday morn ing. The police are at a loss regarding the identity of the person or persons who passed the saw and weapon to Dias. or how It got there. Men Were Separated. Dias was placed in cellroom "B" on his arrest, and Mike Webber and Hart ford, also Indicted with Dias for the robbery of Robert E. Wood and D. W Hartness of West Second avenue, were placed in other cells, so that the pris oners would not be able to communl cate. Nut long before Dias was arrested Albert Freiner was arrested for an al leged threat to blow up the statehouse with a piece of dynamite found In his possession, and was placed in the same cellroom corridor.' This 'portion of the city priHon is used in holding .(mportan prisoners'. ''"-" '' ".'" '--"' Some time -Satirday niornin-g a- fine saw and a blackjack were passed to Duis either with a lunch that was sent him or from the outside but Just how, tne ponce say, is not known. Saturday noon Engineer Lewis had occasion to call Dias to the main cor ridor several times that he might be viewed by persons held up recently and each time Dias appeared angry for be Ing disturbed. It Is thought that he began sawing on the bars which sen arated him from freedom shortly be fore noon and had nearly sawed through one bar when he was called prior to his removal to the county Jail, Saw Thrown Away. "I guess they'll search me over there and I won't get to use this," he is said to have remarked as he was leaving. and with these words he threw the small saw into a sewer pipe under his cell bunk. This operation was witnessed by a trusty. Freiner did not give any information to prison attaches regarding Dias' efforts to break Jail. The police think the two planned to try for freedom together, and Dias was to allow Freiner to escape with him, provided he did not make known his (Dias) actions. While the police are Investigating, little hope is entertained regarding the capture of the persons who aided the prisoner In the attempted delivery. There is no clew which might result in their immediate apprehension. May Be Wanted in Indiana. The police also are endeavoring to learn whether Dias, Webber and Hartford are three of four young men wanted in Indianapolis on charges Qf murder and robbery. tFour men, three of whom are said to closely answer the descriptions of the three prisoners, murdered and robbed a man in Indianapolis on March 9. It is known that there was another person In the party now held and it is thought that the three highwaymen are Implicated in that crime. BELIEVES STRIKE COMING Secretary of Anthracite Miners Sees Difficulty Ahead. By Associated Press to Stat Jourrnl PHILADELPHIA, March , 14. Secretary Hartlein of district No. 9, United Mine workers, declared tonight that he believed there would be a strike of the anthracite miners. He said: "In- my opinion, a strike Is sure to come. At the conference between the representatives of the miners and operators, the former maintained an attitude which, In my opinion, will cause a strike to be called. "Heretofore the operators have always made concessions which have Tllllcated thA men hut a. !neellns elre was'no bending. Every issue which we presented was re jected by the operators. These Issues have long been considered by the miners and they say now that their demands are not unreasonable: that they are asking only that to which they are rightfully entitled. "The rejection of the demands will aneer the members of the nninn , .i I am of the opinion that the result of me coiiveiiiuiii iu ue neia in Bcrariton on March 23 will be that the committee will be instructed to again con. fer with the mine operators and to again present to them the very same demands which they have inar re jected. Then, unless these demands are gr.iniea, wniun l ao not think possible li view of the present attitude ot - me operator, i am convinced a siriKe win oe cuneu. Bishop Hoss Improving, BALTIMORE, March 14. His physicians tonight announce that the condition of Bishop E. E. Hoss of the M. E. church. South, who is a patient at the Johns Hopkins hospital, is better than It has been for several days and that he is resting much more com fortably. The complication that ap peared recently is beginning to sub. side and his more rauid convalesce is now looked for. COLUMBUS, OHIO. MONDAY UNSIGHTLY ALLEY CONDITIONS ON THE These pictures were taken at the instance of the North Side chamber of commerce, which has inaugurated a general "clean-up" movement. The chamber of commerce hopes not only to make all sections of the North Side attractive, but also to set an example for the remainder of the city. EAST LIVERPOOL LID NOT WITHOUT ft LEAK Street Cars and Other Business Goes, and Seventh Day Religionists Sell Newspapers.; SpWfS.1 Tsleffram to Buitu Joutto.1. EAST LIVERPOOL; March 14. There was a leak in the lid that Mayor Samuel W. Crawford tried to put over the city today, and his efforts were anything but a success. True, names of crews of street cars and telephone operators were taken by the police and tomorrow Chief of Police John W. Wyman will file charges against the above, so he said tonight, for "working on Sunday." Wyman could not get Into the Bell telephone exchange. Drug stores were open, Sunday newspapers were sold by Seventh Day Adventists and those of Hebrew faith. Many arrests are expected tomorrow. Street railway officials threatened to sue the mayor, policemen and their bondsmen If service was Interrupted. It was not. Rev. Mr. McMillan in a sermon to day said there was no occasion for such a state of affairs. Although Secretary Otto Largent's name was signed to a statement from the Ministerial association, he declares it was there without his knowledge. HARVARD TEAM CHOSEN Will Meet Yale and Princeton in Triangular Debate. By Associated Press to State Journal. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11. The selection of the two teams of three men each, which will represent Har vard in the triangular debate against Yale at Princeton on March 26, was announced tonight. The trio which will go to Princeton is composed of I. K. Lewis, Rocklands, Wis.; D. Haar, New York, and H. Von Kaltenborn, Madison, Wis. The team which will oppose Yale at Cambridge Is H. L. Loomls. Enterprise, O.; T. M. Gregory, Bordentown. N. J., and L. J. Whiteside, Evanston, 111. The subject for debate Is. "Resolved, That all corporations en gaged in Interstate commerce should be compelled to take out a federal charter." The afflrmatlce side of the question will be taken by the home team in each case. Paralytic Cured by Prayer. ZANESVILLE, March 14. Mrs. B. Rector of near Rocky Fork, Licking county, has just been cured of paraly sis of the lower limbs in a remarkable manner. For two years she has been an invalid and her husband has spent much money in an attempt to have her cured. Last Friuay ev. Mr. .uoyer, nn Bvaneeiiat. and wife of Springfield came to the home and the three of them prayed that Mrs. Kecior oecurea. That evening Mrs. Rector was able to walk across the room and yesterday walked several hundred yards about the farm. Prominent Veteran Dies. CHICAGO, March 14. Major John W. Burst, a civil war veteran .and prominent in Btate politics for many years, died at his home here today after aMlngerlng illness. He was born in Delaware county, N. Y., In 1843. Wrights Buy New Aeroplanes. LONDON, March 14. The Wright brothers have placed an order with a London firm for the Immediate construction of six aeroplanes. Tc Contest Baldwin Will. LOS' ANGELES, March 14. Former Governor Henry t. Gage is quoted as admitting today that he and W, B'oley bad been retained by the widow of the late E. J. Baldwin to contest Mr. Bald- I h;;'r'. -x'7 i;rii Ther9 are pictured I t ' jf ' " ' t t t " herewith a scene in the I fV.T-iU; v''ir4!. 1 V i rear of 741-747 North'' fil tUiPr&& St'll High street and an. Hey KFJ Kf wH t'tf v"?.'K5i off Goodale street. I ill win's will. MORNING, MARCH 15, 1909. i ' , " .. .. . .. Vi t 1 . , . , ' , . ' ft ' 1 ; . ' . : - . -t4 I -rr Mia ii . -; u., ;;k WORSHIPER DIES IN PEW Minister Tells Hearers No One Knows Hour of Death. IBy Associated Press to Stat jourroa-M YOUNGSTOWN, March 14. "No one of you can tell at what hour death will come," said the paRtor of the Presbyterian church at Poland, near here, this morning, in opening his sermon..Hardly had he spoken the words 4'nen M-!'8. Matilda Williams fell from tier (seat dead."' " ' .' - . - Death is said to have been caused by iieart tre-uble. The morning service was brought to a close by a prayer by the. pastor before Mrs. Williams' body was removed and then the church was closed for the day. COUES TO men TO i OF IRISH PUTS Mrs. T. P. O'Connor May Establish New York Depot for Irish Industries Society. fPy Associated Press toState Journal. NEW YORK, March 14. Mr3. T. P. O'Connor, wife, of the Irish parliamentary leader, who arrived from London today on the steamer Minnetonka, said her visit here was In the hope of establishing a depot for the Irish Industries society, an organization that has been in existence on the other side for some years. "The object is to secure work for Irish peasants." said Mrs. O'Connor. "There are many Irish Industries which are of such value that they should be developed to a much greater extent than now prevails. There are thousands of peasants In Ireland capable of doing beautiful work in lace-maklng and allied Industries, who lack employment because there are not proper facilities for bringing their work before the world and distributing It. "On the other sldo, the association has Just had a sale in the Duke of Devonshlres house. There are many prominent people there Interested in the work, among them Lord and Lady Aberdeen. "There has been talk of establishing a depot in New York, for the last 10 years. It still remains to be seen, of course, whether such an establishment would be practical and It is my Intention to look into the matter whtlj I am here." ALABAMA RIVER RISING Woman and Child Drown and Much Damage Occurs. . By Associated Press to Sta.ce Joumofl. MONTGOMERY, Ala.,' March 14. The Alabama river Is still rising tonight, but no further damage was done in Montgomery today. At 7 o'clock tonight the stage at Montgomery was 51 feet and rising at the rate of three-tenths of an inch an hour. Stages of 51.6 feet in the Coosa at Rome and 29 feet at Gadsden are reported by the government bureau. Fifty-seven feet at Selma Is predicted for tomorrow. The lowlands of middle Alabama are submerged for many miles and much live stock Is believed to have been drowned. . The Talapoosa, which empties into the Alabama nine miles north of Montgomery, is a raging torrent. The back waters have submerged the negro section and are encroaching on the manufacturing district here. In Selma the filant of the Standard Oil company has been abandoned, and If the predictions are verinad, the water will be pouring into the power plant of ine tielma Light company before night fall tomorrow. In Gadson the big lumber plant of the Kyle Lumber company U .sub merged. The home of a negro family near Selma was swept away Saturday; : night and the husband, his wife and one child were drowned. OHIO STATE LIBRARY, 1909 COLUMBUSr NORTH SWB srV. -i' A GENERAL WERE STRIKE Electricians Desire State Serv ants to Make Common Cause With Labor Leaders. fRy Associated Prone to State Joufrttn!. PARIS, -March 14 Paris is now threatened with a general strike of the telegraph and telephone operators employed in the bureaus of the postofflce. As a result of the energetic measures of the authorities In suppressing the strike of the telegraph operators, which isolated Paris for four hours yesterday, 40 of the ringleaders, including 10 railway mail clerks, who refused to board their trains, have been suspended, pending their dismissal from the service. Eight of those who took' part in tho riot In the central telegraphic bureau of the postoftfee on Friday night are under arrest. The president of the General Association of Postal Telegraph Employes, M. Subra, is among those under suspension. Throughout today the associations of the various branches of the service held secret meetings. The preliminary meeting of the general association will be held tomorrow, when final action will be taken. The feeling seems to be against amicable settlement of the trouble. Many of the employes have voted for a strike, while the railway mail clerks have voted to hold solidly together In whatever action is decided upon. The regular labor leaders, like Secretary -Pataud of the Electrical union. are doing their utmost to bring about a striKe. rney are ottering to co-oper ate with the postal employes In the hope of accomplishing the object for which they nave long labored, that Is, to induce the state servants to make common cause with the labor organizations.The government considers the entire movement revolutionary. M. Slmyan, under secretary of posts and telegraphs, has issued orders to the subchiefs to suspend every employe guilty of in subordination, and the military oper ators are in readiness at Versailles to take the place of the strikers. Although the government appears confident that it will be able to ensure public service, there Is apprehension that if a strike is declared it will spread quickly tp the provinces ana that tne whole telegraph and mall service will be para lyzed. GOVERNOR MORRELL DIES Was Prominent as Official, Banker and Financier. - tBy Associated Press to State Journal. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 14. Edmund N. Morrell, former governor of Kansas.. his term of office extending over a Quarter of a century, prominent in Republican circles, banker and financier, died today at the Santa Rosa hospital. - Mr. Morrell came to San Antonio for his health about two months ago, suffering from heart trouble. Ten days ago his condition became so much worse that he was taken to the hospital under the advice of his physicians. Governor Morrell was 75 years of age. Mrs. McKinley's Sister Donor. CANTON, March 14. Aultman hospital, through the generosity of Mrs. M. C. Barber, a Bister of Mrs. 'William McKinley, is to receive a donation placed at $7000 to be used for building a new operating room. The hospital trustees have always desired such an Improvement. New Line for Dayton. DAYTON, March 14. Contracts will be let this week by the' Dayton, Leb' anon and Cincinnati Railway company for. the construction of the .line Into this city, all franchise rights having ' puuu secured. HAQbURE JUDGE WRIGHT Labor Leaders Declare Him Unfit to Handle Gompers Case. IBy Associated Prsa to State Journal.) BOSTON, March 14. As a demonstration against the sentences of imprisonment imposed upon Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, by Judge Wright in the superior court of the District of Columbia, more than 6000 members of labor unions paraded through the streets of this city today. Afterwards a large meeting was held in Faneuii hall and several overflow meetings in the surrounding streets attracted large crowds. The Faneull hall audience heard Judge Wright attacked sharply for his decision In the case, and a resolution was drawn up In which it was stated that the courts wore biased and the laws directed at one class only. Judge Wright was accused of using "intemperate and bitter language to representatives of organized labor," and it was said that "he was not a fit person to handle the case." Copies of the resolution were sent to President Taft, Vice President Sherman and Speaker Cannon. ITALIAN POLICE New York Officers Receive No Word Regarding Murder of Petrosino. Four Italian Suspects Arrested, Accused of Being Murder Plot in By Associated Preea to Stat Journal. 1 NEW YORK, March 14. Though there was an air of quiet activity at police headquarters today, nearly all of the chief officials having been there and In conference, no definite developments regarding the work of tracing the assassins of Lieutenant Ijoseph Petrosino, in Pulermo, Sicily, were announced. There was a feeling of chagrin and even resentment over the fact that not one word regarding the murder of the noted New York detective had come, from the Italian police despite the 'fact that a cable had been sent them asking certain information. Inspector McCafferty, head of the detective service here, made some caustic remarks over the neglect on the part of the Italian police. Said he: "If an Italian detective sent here on a mission by thai government ana working In behalf of the Italian polire had been murdered In New York, we would haye notified the slaiu man's home department at once. So far as the police of Italy are concerned we have not heard a word of Petroslno's death. I cabled Saturday for Information but have received no answer from Palermo. The inspector said that he was particular to know whether Petrosino had been robbed after being shot. He Intimated that Petrosino had some papers valuable to the police here in running down Black Hand and Italian offenders. The neglect of the Palermo police makes it impossible for the police here to know whether Petrosino had these papers In his possession when slain, and whether or not the assassins secured them. The inspector said that Petrosino had letters of Instruction from the department here, ;hich If stolen by the murderers, would reveal to the Italian criminals Just what plans the police of New York have on foot. Wants Petrosino's Papers. "If the police there have any papers that Petrosino may have had," said Inspector McCafferty, "we would like to know it." To the question whether he thought Italian criminals here had requested confederates In Italy to kill Petrosino In that country, Inspector McCafferty replied that he doubted the theory. Petrosino was constantly in perilous positions In New York, the Inspector said, and if the criminals of this country had dared kill him at all they would have done It In this city. Pe troslno, he said, was frequently alone In dark places In New York, In Italian dives and even on his way home late at night, when the criminal class had an opportunity to carry out his murder.Mrs. Petrosino, the young wife of the murdered detective, Is still prostrated at her home here as the result of the tragic death or her husband. For a time, her relatives say, she refused to accept as true the news of Petroslno's death and clung to the hope that It was all a hideous mistake. This hope. It Is stated now, has left her. Four Suspects Held. Lieutenant Antonio Vachrls, chief assistant to Detective Joseph Petrosino. who was killed by assassins In Sicily, arrested four Italians in a little wine shop In one of the squalid Italian quarters of Brooklyn tonight. Vachrls, who was assisted by half a dozen men from the Italian criminal squad, took the men Into custody only after one of their number had fought desperately to escape. The men arrested are Amadlo Pletro, Vlto Andraguo, Vito Velo and Stefano Castronouve. The charge against them on the police blotter Is that they are undesirable residents and suspicious characters, ,but It was intimated that Vachrls has reason to believe the men had knowledge of the plot to kill Petrosino. Castronouve, the man who made a desperate attempt to escape. Is said to have recently come here from Chicago, where he is alleged to have been a leader of the Black Hand groups. Revolvers and stilettos were found on the prisoners. Seven other arrests of Italian suspects were made in the city during the day. HOLD GOVERNMENT BLAMELESS Question of Satisfaction to United States I Raised in Rome. IBy Associated Press to State Journa,!. ROME, March 14. The question has been raised In Rome as to whether the United States Is entitled to special sat. isfaction from the Italian government on account of the murder of Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino of the New York police department at Palermo. While the nature of the crime was such as to Bt)r the hearts of all the people tie - .' ., ' Continued on Second Inge. S AID PRICE One et to Greater Colamhu. Xwo cent at all other point. Champ Clark Confident of Victory in Conflict Over Rules of the House. FIGHT ON TODAY Congress at Noon Will Begin Extraordinary Session With, Revision Chief Issue, tBy Associated Press to State Journal. WASHINGTON, March 14. Tomofc row will see one of the most Interest ing fights that has taken place on th floor of the house of representatives In a number of years. If, as1 has been the custom, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsyl vania, moves the previous question on the motion to adopt for the Sixty-first congress the rules of the Sixtieth con SLUES ASSERT THEY ILL W gress, the "Insurgents" and the Demo- .;r.J crats will vote together in an effort to :. .,-, defeat the previous motion. Should ,,H they be successful, they will offer a resolution, providing for the election of :.-... a rules committee of 15 which will be instructed to report to the house on .f, the first Monday In December, a set v.J of rules to be udopted for the Sixty- first congress. Speaker Cannon Is to A appoint the committees on ways and " means, accounts and mileage for the special session. So confident of victory are the , "allies" the "insurgents," and the-Democrats that Champ Clark tonight .v declared he would be elected speaker of the house If the "allies" had another ' week in which to prepare for the fray. This assertion was based largely on. v the fact that various Republicans have- received a large number of telegrams , today from their constituents, urging them to defeat Cannon for speaker. It ' was said by the Democrats that many who had thought It impossible to da-feat Cannon, were encouraged by the "r ... 1 nn..i.il..n- 1 , Vi.'lC ML Ultl Xl-1 U UtiUttll IBULUB night to renew their fight against him. It is reiterated, however, by "Insurgents" and Democrats, that the light will not be made on the speakership. There are indications, however, thut former President Roosevelt will receive a complimentary vote from some of those who are opposed to Cannon for speaker. .. Forces Are Increased. The Democratic leaders tonight cialm they will have at least 165 members present tomorrow to 'Jote down the previous question, Vhlle they claim that tiw "Insurgents" .have 34 members in line for the fisht on the rules. Tlia "insurgents' " leaders declare that their forces have been increased today to a greater extent than on any day slma the movement was begun. Throughout the day Minority Leader Clark arA Representative Underwood of Alabama, for the Democrats, and Representative Gardner of Massachusetts, for the "In surgents," have been exerting every effort to whip their forces into line. Representative Goldfogle of New York, who is suffering from a serious affection of the knee, is determined to be present If his physicians will per- O mit. He will have to be carried to his seat if he attends. , v. Mr. Clark learned tonight that sev- eral Democrats, who, it was feared, ' would not get here, would be on hand. ! ' Representative Clark of Florida, wno is at Muldoon's sanitarium, wired that js Representative Currier of New Hamp- r shire had promised him that he would ," be. paired. Representative Legare of ; ' . South Carolina, who haa been ill for ;-some time, It Is claimed, also is paired with a Republican member. Champ s Clark received a telegram today which ; indicates that the successor of Repre-sentative Davey of Louisiana will be ' here with his certificate In time to be v sworn In tomorrow, thus giving ttm Democrats an additional and unex- peeted vote. $f The "regulars" have been as active today as the "insurgents" and the . Democrats and have been lining up U their forces. They are more reticent about their plans. I. Much Depends on Caucus. Much will depend on the action of " the Democratic caucus tomorrow, when f. an effort will be made to have the Ti caucus bind itself to the resolution which the steering committee of th "Insurgents" and the Democratic leaders have compromised upon. Representative Fitzgerald, New York, recognized as one of the ablest Democratic parliamentarians, Issued a statement tonight in which he opposed the plan to elect a committee of 15 to select the various committees of. the hojJse, and declared that whatever changes are made In the rules should be made before the tariff bill is taken up, as that is the most Important legislation that has been before the house In 13 years. He proposes that the rule recently adopted, providing for a "calendar Wednesday," should be modified so as to require a two-thirds vote Instead of a majority to set aside the business in order for Wednesday. He also suggested a plan by which any member of the house might at certain times have the right to have anv bill not on the private calendar submitted i to the house to ascertain whether It could be considered by unanimous consent. Mr. Fitzgerald will present this proposition to the caucus. Representative Lassiter of Virginia will present a proposition to amend the rules so that a communication addressed to the speaker anj signed by a majority ot the members of the house will be considered a matter of highest privilege. RAP OF THE GAVEL DUE TODAY. Sixty-first Session of Congress Will Open at Noon. By Aoctated Press to Stat Jourtvail.l WASHINGTON, March 14.Both houses of congress will meet in :xtra-ordinary session at noon tomorrow, with Vice President Sherman prgld-. Ing In the senate and for the time Clerk McDowell officiating In the. house. - ; This ' will be the beginning of the Sixty-first congress, and the first act of Importance in the house will bo the organization of that body for business. The senate Is already orgun-iised, so that outside of the mere routine, the business of the first dav will be confined to the presentation of the credentials of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, ., . . Later' ib the week the senate v ' begin the reorganization of its atm - J i "i n i X "a '.3 , 'A t -4 ,1 .4 k